For 69 Years
Sixty-Ninth Year of Continuous Publication
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY U, 1M7
VOLUME LXU — NO. 47
NEW PLANT CONSTRUCTION.—Building for the Shadowdline, Inc., got underway last week as worker*
laid the foundation and framework. Occupancy of the building is expected in July.—Photo by Joe Minor.
Creation Of Attitudes Is End
Result Education, Elliot Says
Horn Group To Hold
Spring Meeting Here
The Southern Appalachian Historical
Association, sponsors of the
drama "Horn in the West," will
holds its spring meeting on the
sccond of June at 7:00 p. m. in
The Mountaineer Room over the
College Book Store.
The new director, Edgar R. Loessin,
will be the principal speaker.
Mr. Loessin Is particularly suited
to this responsibility because of
his rich dramatic and speaking
background.
His association with "Unto These
Hills" and as director of "Florida
Aflame" for two seasons, and his
technical accomplishments and his
own extensive acting experience
based on his master's degree in
Fine Arts from the Yale University
Drama School give him splendid
background for interpreting
the relationship of our community
to the association and its project,
"Horn io the West."
It has been said of Mr. Loessin
that "He stands out - as one of
eastern America's most promising
and talented young directors."
The officers believe that interested
citizens will want to atteend
the meeting.
Lions Officers
Hold Meeting
Newly elected and retiring presidents
and secretaries of the four
Lions Clubs comprising Zone 1,
Region 1, District 31-B of Lions
International, met at the Daniel
Boone Hotel Tuesday night. May
14, in a meeting called by Zone
Chairman Leo K. Pritchett.
Represented were the Boone.
West Jefferson, Sparta, and North
Wilkesboro clubs, as th« group
laid plans for the coming year beginning
July 1.
Dr. J. H. Workman is the incoming
president of the Boone
club, succeeding Ira S. Ayers, and
W. Ralph Tugman will be secretary,
succeeding C. A. Price.
Joe Moretz Named
Chief Cheerleader
At Lenoir Rhyne
JOE MORETZ
Joe Moretz, Lenoir Rhyne College
freshman from Boone, was
elected to be head-cheerleader of
Lenoir Rhyne College during
chapel in the assembly buildingJoe,
who was a cheerleader this
year, has been one of the more active
members of the freshman
class. Hi is a history major at the
present and is also a pledge of
Tau Epsilon social fraternity.
Luther Bolick led the cheerleaders
last year. Luther pointed
out that Joe was one of the most
reliable, active and effective
cheerleaders of the group this
year.
The Army has more volunteers
than it can handle because its reserve
training program is proving
unusually attractive to youngster*
of draft age.
One of the largest groups ever
to attend commencement exercises
at Appalachian State Teachers College
was on the campus Friday,
May 17, for the graduation ceremonies
and to hear Dr. Philip Lovin,
president of Gardner Webb College,
deliver the address.
Dr. Elliott told the graduates
that the primary function of edu- '
cation is the creation of attitude,
and that this basic attitude is to
love the right. "We talk much
about moral or character education,"
he said, "which is as it
should be. However, I doubt if
character can be taught as you
teach mathematics or literature.
I am inclined to agree with Wood(Continued
on page two)
Poppy Day To
Be Saturday
The ladies of the American Legion
Auxiliary, Watauga Post No.
130, will sell poppies May 29th,
which is observed as Poppy Day
throughout the nation.
Mrs. Cleve Gross, Unit President,
issues the following statement
on the significance of the
poppy sales:
"When you as citizens of your
town and community are asked to
"Wear a Poppy" you are aiding
disabled veterans and needy children
of veterans. Wearing the poppy
tells the world that we remember
those who made it possible for
you and me to live in a country
like America, each one tenderly
and lovingly made by a fine young
man with dreams and plant for
the future that did not come for
him. It is a privilege to wear this
poppy—■ symbol of memory, respect
and love for those who
sacrificed so much for us."
Singing Set
For June 2nd
The county singing convention
will be held at the Gospel Tabernacle
in Boone June 2 at 1 o'clock,
according to an announcement
made hy S. C. Eggera, chairman of
the singing organization.
Mr. Eggera asks that all choirs,
quartets, and other musicians plan
to attend the singing. The general;
Ancient Stvord Dance May Be Done
As Feature Of Folk Art Festival
A group of 8th grade boys has
the special privilege this summer
of lesrntng and eventually presenting
at the 1967 Folk Arts Festivals.
a spectacular and exciting
English Sword Dsncr and its attendant
Mummers' Play which is
full of clowning and lively action.
Characters In this traditional
ritv include: The Six Sword Dancers,
The Fool (the chief actor and
master of ceremonies), Old Father
Barleycorn. Dirty Bat, Th«£>octor.
The Hone, and others.
The following boys have signed
up for parts in this play: Jimmy
Kiggins. Jerry Wincbarger, King
Triplet!. Ronnie Wilson. Sam Tally.
Jerry Hensoa, Randy Kirchner,
billy liumgamer. David McMahan,
Hilly Greer, Ford Kins, OUa Swift.
Austin Adams, Jack Van Noppen,
Harold Hichardaon, Sunny Barnea,
Jimmy Johnson Beginning June
8 rehearsals will be held every
Saturday at the festival platform
near the Horn In the West theater
af 2 o'clock
This ancient dance-play la basically
kin t« Indian ceremonials
and to the primitive Year Cod
rituala from which Greek drama
developed, but it is British in
origin. Parts «f the play have been
rolected in America. If la said to
be "the oldest drama in the
world," but it la always recreated
and localised by every act of performers.
The lines and action are
usually learned entirely by wardof
month = *
The lint of the 1197 Folk Arts
Festival! will be held on Saturday.
June 20, the day after Horn In the
West opens. The programs begin
■t 3 o'clock with events for young
people
At 4 o'clock activities for grownups
begin and continue until abo^
5:00 p. m. ™
lyocal singers, musicians, and
tale-tellers last summer included:
Mack Presnell, Edd and Nettie
Presnell, Dorothy, Lookabill, Stanley
Hicks, Dun Lunee, Anna Presnell.
Martha Anna Presnell (T
years of age).
Visitors on festival program*
last year were Susan Mauk of Florid*.
Paul Clayton of Massachusetts.
Liam Clancy of Ireland. John Jacob
Nile* of KeMueky, Hortoa
Barker of Virginia.
Fishing! j
Rodeo Onl
May 29th
B. W. SUllings' sixth annual
Watauga County Fishing Kodeo
will oe held at Diamond s Lake on
the Poplar Grove road next Wednesday.
Hay 29, from 3 to 5 p. m.
In a story last week, although
the correct date was given, the
word "next" was used, which
made it appear that the event was
scheduled tor Wednesday of this
week. This was an erroneous impression,
and the rodeo will be
held as originally scheduled on
May 29.
The anual fishing jamboree is
strictly for children, infants
through 10 years, and strictly with
pole, hook, and worm. Adults are
invited to help look after the
children, but only in a spectator
role as far as the fishing is concerned,
said Mr.'Stallings.
The event has grown in popularity
with each succeeding year,
and is now anticipated eagerly by
the small fry of the county, and
adults as well.
As in the past, prizes will be
awarded in such categories as the
first fish caught, biggest fish,
most fish, smallest fish, most
skillful angler, biggest fight landing
a catch, and sportsmanship.
A Rodeo Queen will be selected
by impartial judges, continuing a
feature that was added last year,
and a brand new feature will be a
drawing for a S10 prize for parents
who register their children j
prior to the event at the Stallings
jewelry store on East King Street.
Dedicated to the youth of Watauga
County, the lake is closed
to fishermen all year except for
the annual rodeo and for church
and school groups by permission.
Parents or other adults must
accompany all children who participate.
Pilot Plant Is
Being Run Here
By Shadowline
Shadowline Inc. of Morganton
now has a pilot plant in operation
in Boone. Mr. Hal Johnson. Manager
of the local plant states that he
expects to employ some 19 to 29
workers in the pilot plant. Additional
workers will be added after
the completion of the new plant
which is expected to be in opera- 1
lion sometime during July.
Work applications for this firm
will be taken by the Employment
Security Commission personnel. A
representative from the Employment
office, located in North Wlltosboro
will be at the courthouse,
court room, Boone, each Friday
From 9.30 a. m. until 2:30 p. m.
Those unemployed workers, between
the ages of 18 and 40 years
wishing to make application
thould contact a representative of
the Employment Security Commission
on dates and hours mentioned,
Mr. Johnson stated.
Those who were interviewed by
Shadowline at the courthouse recently
must apply and make applications
as stated above.
Democrats lo
Slate Ticket
For Gty Vote*
The Democrat* of the town of
Boone are being asked to meet in
convention for the purpoae of dating
l municpnl ticket, and Chairman
Homer Brown aaks that all
registered Democrat! attend.
The convention will be held at '
he eourthouae Wednesday May 1
29 at t o'clock, and candidates for :
Mayor, and three city counclimen 1
will be nominated.
Mayor Winkler and Councilmrn <
rugman. Richardson and Cottrell i
kave announced their willingness i
to run again, but there hive been
no other formal announcements.
The election will be faeld June
IS.
Arlington, Minh.—Mrs. Herbert 1
rock was one of those persons
who had never won any thin* in
Iter life until her ticket at the
SigJey County Fair won her a 14rubic
foot freezer The very next
night she returned to the fair and
won a new automobile.
rWEETSIE on her last run before the disastrous flood in 1M1.—The narrow guage train is expected hack
in Watauga county today.—Photo courtesy Trains Magazine.
Tweet sie Train Expected
To Return To Hills Today
Tbe Tweetsie train is expected
to get back to the hill country
rhursday afternoon.
Prom the Southern Railway
thopi at Hickory, where it ha*
tieen getting an overhauling, the
train will be pulled up the mountain
where Grover C. Robbina, Jr.,
ind associates will operate it on a
two-mile circular track aa a tourist
attraction. The site of the
lepot ia near highway 321, midway
t>etween Boone and Blowing Rock.
Formerly a part of the rolling
■lock of the East Tennessee and
Weatern North Carolina Railroad
ind the Linville River Railway,
the engine and three coaches had
been used for touriat purposes at
Harrisburg, Va., after the commercial
rail line from Johnson
City to Boone had been abandoned.
Later it waa bought by Gene Autry,
aa a mo via prop, and he sold
it to Mr. Robbins.
The trip back to Watauga is
expected to start Thursday morning
at 5:30 and Tweetsie is expected
to be back on home grounds
by 2 or 3 o'clock in tbe afternoon.
T. Bragg McLeod of Charlotte,
whose Moss Trucking Co. will
move Tweetsie, estimated it will
take six to eight hours to hauf
the engine, 20-foot coal tender
and three 40-foot cars up the
mountain on U. S. 321.
The trailer! will be pulled by
big tandem-drive tractors. Cable*
and turn buckles will be uaed to
secure the train up the grades.
"As far as we know this is
the first time that a train has ever
been moved this far by truck,"
said McLeod. "We specialize in
big moving jobs, and while this
isn't the most difficult It probably
is our most unusual haul."
Tweetsie will be put to chugging
on a new railroad which circles a
mountainside. The builders have
been careful to preserve the full
natural beauty of the rail site.
Trestles, a tunnel, a water tank
and a railway station are all included
in the new line.
And Tweetsie itself will have a
new look. The old train will spar
kle with new paint
Health Clinics
Are Postponed
There will be no clinics held at
the health department in Boone
during the week of May 37. The
staff of the deportment will be
attending the North Carolina Public
Health Convention in Ashevilte
during this week.
Edward Fox Is
Fatally Hurt
Ernest Edward Fox, 93. former
resident of Watauga county, who
was a farmer of Marriottsville,
Md, died in St. Joseph Hospital,
Baltimore, Hd. Hay 10.
Mr. Fox suffered the fata) injuries
when the horse he waa rid
mg fell and pinned him.
Funeral services were held al
11 a. m. Hay 14 at Higinbothorr
Funeral Home, Ellicott City, Hd
by Rev. Mafk Wilder and burial
was in Mount View cemetery.
Born in Watauga county, Hr
Fox was a son of the late Jamei
B. Fox and Nora Clark Fox.
8urvivors include the widow, i
son, Michal, two daughters, Diaiu
of the home; Mrs. Fay Broussard
Ellicott City, Hd.; six brother)
and four slaters: Ira Fox, Vilas, N
C.; Everett Fox, Omak, Wash.;
Loy Fox, Banner Elk, N. C.; Lynn
Fox, Nekoma, Kan*; Elmer Fox
Charlotte; Steward Fox, Ellicott
City, Hd Mrs C. A. Woolsey
Coltewah, Tenn.; Mrs. EstelU
Pierce, Banner Elk; Mrs. Hazel
Hast, Zlonville; Hrs. Vivian Eddy
French town, N. Jf.
Triplett, Former Baseball Star,
Lends Youngsters Helping Hand
By STRETCH ROLLINS
In the 1942 yearbook of the St.
uniia Cardinal* National League
Use ball Club, these line* appear
Ml under the picture of a smiling
oung man wearing the Cardinal
iniform:
"COAKER TRIPLETT. outfleld>r.
Here Is another of that courigeoua
band of athletes who over
:aine a serious injury to reach the
tlnnacle of success. He la a dangerous
righthand batter with a leniency
to hit for distance, and his
>ig bat has played an important
lart In many Cardinal victories
luring the past two teasooa."
And in 1M7—after an illustrious
professional baseball career
hat spanned nearly two decides
tnd covered the haachall map
rom Tallahassee, Flato Ottawa,
'anada with memorable atopa
Jong the way at Nashville, liem
COAJCKR TMPLrrr
.. . w • Chicago Cub la ISM
phis, Chicago, Minneapolis, Colum
but. St Louie, Philadelphia, and
Buffalo—what la Coaker THpleti
doing today?
Playing baseball, naturally. Bui
moatlir helping youngsters wh<
want to get ■ atart In the game
Thin, too. comes naturally.
When he decided to hang up hit
glove after the 1B32 season, Trij
could have remained In the garni
aa a coach or manager. Inatead h«
yielded to a yearning to return t<
hi* home and family in Boone.
After a couple of year* In bust
ness with hia father at Pertlaa
ville, he formed • partnershii
with hi* friend. Albert Mullina
and they went into the furnituri
business, buying out the Oravoi
Furniture Company. The two no*
operate the (tore on King Streci
under the name of Centre rural
(Continued on paga eight)
Action Caused
By Inadequate
Appropriation
i ■ . i,
Dr. Mary B. H. Michal, for the
past (even years district health officer
in Alleghany, Ashe and
Watauga counties, has tendered
her resignation to Dr. C. H. Mock,
chairman, to be effective July t,
1997.
Dr. Mtchal, in her letter of resignation,
cites the lack of adequate
Health Department funds as
her reason for resigning and says
"I do not feel that the program
that will be possible will warrant
! my efforts."
Dr. Michal, whose home is in
Waynesvtlle, tells the Democrat
that further than a vacation, her
future plans are indefinite.
Following is the text of Dr.
Michal's letter of resignation:
"I regret that due to a number
of faHors I am asking the Board
of Health to accept my resignation
as Health Officer in this district
to be effective July 1, 1907.
DR. M1CHAL
"In the first place, it baa become
apparent that fundi will not
be available to carry on even a
minimum public health program
in this district in the coming fiscal
year and 1 do not feel that the
program that will be possible will
] warrant my efforts. As you are
well aware, the field of public
health is a highly specialised
field requiring trained and experienced
leadership, not only on
the part of the Health Officer but
of every person on the staff. As
our district is a scattered population
this responsibility as it rests
on each person is heavier than in
more concentrated areas. It is in
my estimation, not right to expect
what we must of this personnel
on the salaries offered them and
that without adequate assistance
with an overload of work and
without the badly needed supervisory
assistance the department
should provide. The role of public
health has become more significant
in the life of every progressive
community. The future welfare
of its citizens depends more
on such an adequate program
than on Its per capita Income.
With an increased per capita income
the people without adequate
! public health services cannot take
| proper advantage of this increasj
ed earning power and become unnecessarily
crippled — physically,
{ mentally, and emotionally — in:
eluding the chronic illnesses of
even Ks children because of their
lack of understanding of good
health habits.
"I regret to see the public
health program in this'district going
backward Instead of forward.
"I wish to express to the Board
of Health my appreciation of Its
1 interest and cooperation. You
have worked with me against
1 great odds and lack of public—at
least official—appreciation. May I
extend to you my best wishes for
an increased interest on the part
: of the public that will make possible
something somewhere near
adequate financial support for tha
continuance of the work of this
department"
Sultan Mohammed of
will visit the United
November as the gw-it of